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U.S. seeks firms to refurbish turbine-generator at 185.3-MW Fort Peck

U.S. seeks firms to refurbish turbine-generator at 185.3-MW Fort Peck

January 13, 2012

OMAHA, Neb., U.S. 1/13/12 (PennWell) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks information on companies that are able to rehabilitate a turbine-generator at the 185.3-MW Fort Peck powerhouse on the Missouri River near Glasgow, Mont. Responses are due Jan. 23.

The agency now has issued a sources sought notice seeking information on firms capable of performing engineering and design to optimize power, performance, and efficiency of Unit 2 of the five-unit plant. The vertical-axis Francis unit has been in service since 1943 and is in daily use.

The Corps plans to seek a contractor to furnish and install a new Francis turbine runner optimized to a specified peak performance at a head of 190 feet. Other work would include a generator restack and rewind, and refurbishment of wicket gates, linkages, operating ring, servo, head cover, stay ring, and thrust bearing. The work is expected to require 560 days, scheduled during planned seasonal outages.